Carte geografiche e topografia

The Vale Royal of England, or, the County Palatine of Chester

Thomas Hughes · 1852 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

London , John Gray Bell, 1852. Cloth. A detailed look at the history of Chester with black and white illustrations and maps. An updated, revised reprint of Smith and Webb's 1656 performance of The Vale Royall of England. In a blue embossed cloth binding with gilt letterin...

A New Flora of the Neighbourhood of Reigate, Surrey

James Alexander Brewer · 1856 · Rooke Books

£44.00 (€52.74 | $58.13 | ¥9,282)

London, William Pamplin, 1856. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this work on the flora Reigate in surrey. Containing the flowering plants and ferns of the district, with their localities, times of flowering and a list of the mosses. In a cloth binding. Externally, smar...

Irkdale and Other Stories

Benjamin Brierley · 1868 · Rooke Books

£79.99 (€95.88 | $105.67 | ¥16,874)

Manchester, John Heywood, 1868. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of Brierley's humorous accounts of Lancastrian life. First Edition. Contains: Irkdale; Or, The Odd House in the Hollow and Tales and Sketches of Lancashire Life, Volume II. Tales and Sketches of Lancash...

Cardiganshire: A Personal Survey of Some of Its Antiquities, Chapels, Churches, Fonts, Plate, and Registers

George Eyre Evans · 1903 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

Aberystwyth , Printed at the "Welsh Gazette" Offices, 1903. Cloth. A detailed account of the antiquities of Cardiganshire, illustrated with numerous drawings. Limited edition: hand-numbered 260 of 320 copies and signed by the author. With relevant newspaper article tipped-in t...

The Land of the Hills and Glens Wild Life in Iona and the Inner Hebrides

Seton Gordon · 1920 · Rooke Books

£39.99 (€47.93 | $52.83 | ¥8,436)

London, New York, Toronto and Melbourne , Cassell and Company Ltd. 1920. First edition. Cloth. A study of the animals and plant life of the Hebrides from Seton Gordon. First edition. Illustrated throughout with many monochrome photographic plates. In a green cloth binding. Ext...

Paved with Gold or the Romance and Reality of the London Streets

Augustus Mayhew · 1858 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.61 | ¥41,137)

London , Chapman and Hall, 1858. Cloth. A first edition of this novel by Augustus Mayhew. Augustus Septimus Mayhew (1826 – 25 December 1875) was an English journalist and author, born in London. He wrote in collaboration with his brother Henry. His individual productions incl...

Tramways Map and Timetable Nov. 1932 London&Apos;S Country Guide No. 1 by Road, Stream & Fieldpath North of the Thames

1920 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

London, L. C. C. Tramways; London's Underground [Underground Electric Railways, 1920-1922], c.1920-1932 (Vol1 undated, dated. Paperback. London: L. C. C. Tramways; London's Underground [Underground Electric Railways, 1920-1922], c.1920-1932 (Vol1 undated, dated from ...

Great Britain

Karl Baedeker · 1890 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.29 | ¥17,931)

Leipsic , Karl Baedeker, Publisher , 1890. Cloth. A smart second edition of Karl Baedeker's handbook to Great Britain, illustrated with folding maps and plans. Second edition.In the original cloth binding. Illustrated with fifteen maps (six folding), thirty plans (two fo...

On Modern Gardening

Horace Walpole · 1987 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

Hackney, The Stourton Press, 1987. Cloth. A beautiful limited edition of Horace Walpole's influential essay on gardening, signed by illustrator Alan Powers. Bound in original bright red cloth, this is an excellent copy of the influential title that has held the monopoly o...

Great Britain

Karl Baedeker · 1894 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

Leipsic , Karl Baedeker, Publisher , 1894. Cloth. The third edition of this Baedeker handbook for Great Britain, complete with folding maps and a panorama. Third edition.In the publisher's original cloth binding. Illustrated with sixteen maps (eight folding), thirty plan...

12 Vols London: History, Life, and Literature, 1879ã‚â–1926

Arthur Griffiths; Joseph Johnson; Jacob Larwood; Charles W. Bardsley; “One of the Old Brigade”; Thomas Burke; May Baldwin; Major-General Sir George Younghusband; Elsie M. Lang; G. K. Chesterton [Introduction] · 1879 · Rooke Books

£395.00 (€473.46 | $521.82 | ¥83,328)

London; Edinburgh, Chapman and Hall; The Religious Tract Society; Chatto & Windus; Everett & Co. George Allen & Unwin Ltd.; Hand and Heart Publishi, 1879-1926. Cloth. London; Edinburgh: Chapman and Hall; The Religious Tract Society; Chatto & Windus; Everett & Co. George Allen ...

City Scenes, or a Peep Into London

1828 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€659.25 | $726.58 | ¥116,026)

London, Harvey and Darton , 1828. Cloth. A children's guide through London's sights, illustrated with hand-coloured engraved plates. A delightful children's guide to London. Offering a glimpse into early 19th-century London life through descriptions of its stre...

Dear Old London & Surrey - the Playground of London

1928 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

London, The Homeland Association Ltd. c1925-1928. Paperback. Two smart volumes from the Homeland Association Ltd. of photobooks of London and Surrey. Two volumes. Produced by the Homeland Association Ltd. This set contains: Dear Old London, c1925. A collection of important pho...

Hand-Book of London: Past and Present

Peter Cunningham · 1850 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

London, John Murray, 1850. Cloth. A new and enlarged edition of this detailed travel handbook to the city of London, England from Peter Cunningham. New edition, corrected and enlarged. A detailed and comprehensive handbook to the city of London, England, for travellers and tou...

London and Its Environs: Handbook for Travellers

Karl Baedeker · 1900 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

Leipsic, Karl Baedeker, 1900. Cloth. A smart twelfth revised edition of this illustrated travel guide to London from Baedeker, with numerous folding maps. Twelfth revised edition. Illustrated with a folding map frontispiece, four folding maps and plans, and numerous in-text pl...

The Hackney Year Book 1906

A. King · 1906 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.29 | ¥17,931)

London, A. King, 1906. Paperback. A very scarce copy of this year book for the London borough of Hackney for the year 1906. Very scarce work. A year book for the year 1906 in the London Borough of Hackney, regarded as being part of east London that spans some of the traditiona...

Old Chelsea: A Summer-Day&Apos;S Stroll

Benjamin Ellis Martin · 1889 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1889. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated topographical guide to Chelsea from Benjamin Ellis Martin. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece and twenty-six images, eighteen of which are plates. Collated complete. A ch...

Saunterings in and About London

Max Schlesinger; Otto Wenckstern [translator] · 1853 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Nathaniel Cooke, 1853. Cloth. The English edition of this travel narrative of the city of London from Hungarian-born German writer Max Schlesinger. English edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece, title vignette, and six plates. Collated complete. A travel narrative o...

1900 the Aldermen of Cripplegate Ward from A.D. 276 to A.D. 1900. Together with Some Account of the Office of Alderman, Alderman&Apos;S Deputy and the Common Councilman of the City of London

Various; John James Baddeley [Editor] · 1900 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

London, Printed for Private Distribution, 1900. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition, inscribed by the author and Lord Mayor, John James Baddeley, this privately issued volume documents the Aldermen of Cripplegate Ward. In the publisher's original red cloth binding...

Westminster

Sir Walter Besant · 1902 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

London, Chatto & Windus, 1902. Leather. A smartly bound travel work concerning Westminster in London, in a lovely half morocco binding by Patchanes. The new edition.Bound by Patchanes in crushed half morocco with cloth to the boards, with the binder's stamp to the front b...